Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The Civil
Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) calls on
its communities and social movements, organizations and civil society to join
us in the “Justice for Berta NOW” Days of Artistic, Cultural and Spiritual
Mobilization that will take place September 1st-3rd in La Esperanza, Intibucá,
Honduras.

The objective
of this action is to share through mobilization, art and spirituality our cry
for justice for the assassination of our compañera
and sister Berta Cáceres Flores and to continue camping together in actions
to denounce the participation of Honduran institutions, private enterprise and
international banks in this crime.

During this
action we will continue to demand that the state accept an Independent Investigatory
Commission and the immediate and definitive cancellation of the deadly DESA-Agua
Zarca project.

We also call on
the international community to join in this action with public actions that
show support for these demands.

Below is a table of activities:

Day

Time

Activity

Place

Thursday September 1st

3:00pm

Bringing flowers to the grave of our sister Berta.

Cemetery in La Esperanza, Intibucá.

6:30pm

Showing of
documentary about the struggle of Berta Cáceres & COPINH

“Utopía” Convening and Friendship
Center

Friday September 2nd

7:30am

Justice for Berta NOW March

We leave from “La Gruta”

2:00pm

Spiritual
ceremony.

“Utopía”
Convening and Friendship Center

3:30pm

Concert and theater demanding Justice.

“Utopía” Convening and Friendship Center

Saturday September 3rd

9:00am

Forum on the
impact of dams in Lenca communities

“Utopía” Convening
and Friendship Center

With the ancestral strength of Berta, Lempira, Mota,
Iselaca and Ettempica we raise our voices full of life, justice, freedom,
dignity and peace!

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News Sources / Fuentes de Noticias

Radio Progreso has radio updates (Spanish only) directly from the from the front-lines of the resistance in Honduras.

Une TV is one of the only independent national TV stations in Honduras

Rights Action has been doing good reporting and commentary as events unfold and has people on the ground monitoring the situation. They are also a reliable vehicle through which to get money to the organizations fighting for the restoration of democracy in Honduras.

Defensores en línea is the best (Spanish-only) online source for regularly updated information on the violation of human rights in Honduras.

Spanish - website of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras about the struggle of the Garifuna people and other resistance and environmental struggles.

School of the Americas Watch has good background information on the coup-plotters training at the Georgia-based School of the Americas / (also known as the School of Assasins) as well as news updates on the coup and a call to action.